Chapter 2: A mysterious stranger.

DISCLAIMER: I still do not own charmed!

Ok so here's chapter 2.... I hope you like!

Piper was sitting on the plane preparing for take off, without a doubt the worst part of any journey. Her nerves were clearly obvious to everyone else judging by the voice she heard coming from beside her,

"Why don't you try counting to 314 it'll help you relax and before you know it we'll be in the air"

She looked around to see who had spoken and if he really was talking to her. She saw to the left of her a young handsome man who could have only been about nineteen or twenty. He looked quite tall from what she could tell after all he was sitting down. He spoke with an American accent which she recognised as Californian. She assumed that he was returning home from a holiday but wouldn't dare asking such personal questions to a guy she had only just met. The guy had light, almost sandy brown hair and deep penetrating green eyes that sparkled giving Piper the feeling of ease although she didn't understand why. She turned away not wanting him to notice that she had been staring.

"Why 314?" Piper asked with a genuine curiosity in her voice.

"I don't really know, but I promise it works see your already calmer aren't you?" he said with this really cute but cheeky smile making Piper feel more relaxed than she ever had. He was right. It had worked! Piper had an urge to find out so much more about this mysterious gorgeous guy.

"The names Leo" he said as if he had read Piper's mind. "Leo Wyatt" he added in his best Sean Connery impression undoubtedly trying to appear right out of some James Bond movie.

Piper did her best not to laugh at him as he was being so sweet, but she must admit that it had been the worst impression she had ever heard. He must have caught the look on Piper's face that she was trying so desperately to conceal.

"Bad impression huh?" he asked awkwardly

"Not the best" Piper replied still holding in her laughter. "Anyway, I'm Piper" she continued, introducing herself and holding out her hand trying to stop his embarrassment after he had been so nice to her.

Leo immediately grabbed Piper's hand and kissed it gently yet still having the power to make Piper feel queasy... in the good way. Aswell as being good looking and sweet he was also a total gentleman.

'Wow' Piper thought as Leo released her hand.

"Charmed I'm sure!" Leo said and even though this would probably have to have been the cheesiest line ever Piper couldn't help but think that this guy was special.

"Wow, smooth Mr. Wyatt" she felt weird saying this to someone she barely knew but the words just came out and kept flowing out of her mouth. She had no control and felt like she was 13 again and on her first date. "Are you always so ...... charming?" they both laughed at this Piper had never felt this comfortable talking to a guy. She was never all that popular with the guys but this felt like the most natural thing in the world to her. "Very sophisticated" she added.

"Well you know, I try," Leo said failing to sound modest in the least

Piper looked past Leo and out of the window and noticed that they were already in the air and Piper didn't feel a thing. Leo looked aswell to see what she was looking at.

"Ah ha!" he exclaimed. "See now that wasn't so scary now was it?"

Piper merely shook her head. Words had actually failed her she didn't know what to say, maybe for the first time in her life. This was going to be a long flight but Piper had a feeling that it may not be so bad. It was just a shame that when she got off the plane there was a chance that she would never see this amazing Leo Wyatt again.

A few hours later Piper awoke apparently she had fallen asleep. She was embarrassed to find that in her slumber she had been resting on Leo's shoulder. No wonder she had slept so easily.

"Oh i'm so sorry" she said to Leo when she realised she was still lying on him. She cringed. She couldn't believe she had done this. He just smiled his dazzling smile and replied

"Oh that's ok" he said as Piper sat up. I'm glad I could help, it's been a while since I've had a beautiful woman on my arm" he finished.

Piper blushed, she gently tucked her smooth hair behind her ears and stared at her feet. This was what she seemed to do when she was nervous or embarrassed and was the bud of all her friends jokes, she laughed slightly remembering her friends. She really was going to miss them so much. She finally pushed these thoughts aside and looked back up to face Leo.

"So how long was I asleep?" She asked just trying to turn the conversation in a different direction.

"Not long, maybe like an hour" Came his response. "Don't worry, you didn't miss much" seeing Piper with a look of confusion he continued "The movie, just some rubbish romantic comedy without the comedy

"Well the romance is good too!" Piper muttered. At this remark Leo seemed slightly taken aback.

"Wow, don't tell me your bashful aswell I thought you were Mr. Smooth?" Piper said noticing the look on his face.

For a while no one spoke except for the occasional small talk about how bad the service was or how long they thought it would be until they ate or landed. Every now and then Piper felt Leo staring at her. This made her slightly uncomfortable. 'Do I have something spilt all over me making me look like a complete looser?' she thought and immediately looked down out of habit without even thinking.

"Is something wrong?" Leo said looking over at her.

"Yeah, I mean no, everything's fine" she blurted out as she stood up to go to the cupboard with a hole in the floor that they called a toilet to check herself over properly she couldn't believe how stupid she must come across.

As she stood up she elbowed the man on the other side of her in the nose who jumped up and hit the air hostess who was carrying drinks to other cabin passengers. Piper didn't know what to do, she could feel everyone staring daggers at the back of her head but there was nothing she could do she was 36,000 feet up in the air after all. After about a million apologies to the man she had punched and the flight attendant she continued towards the bathroom. She sat there for a while basking in the brilliance of her stupidity and wishing the ground would open up and swallow her whole. She was never usually like this, so fumbly. She was the most organised well prepared person you could ever meet. Yet even still she had managed to embarrass herself horribly already. There was still at least another five hours until she landed in San Francisco and this moment couldn't come soon enough. To top it all off, she had done this in front of Leo. She had no hope left. It was safe to say that Leo would think she was weird even if she wasn't covered in something. A few minutes later she was awakened from her shame by someone knocking on the door.

"Are you ok in there? You've been gone a while"

It was Leo. Oh great he had probably come to laugh at her more. Why had he even come to see her after what she had done? She wondered, but she knew she had to face him and the rest of the world sooner or later.

"Yeah I'll be right out" She answered and composed herself as she walked out to see all the glares that would be awaiting her.

She walked out and saw Leo's face and was surprised to find that his expression wasn't of hatred or that he thought she was stupid, far from it. It looked like he actually cared.

They walked back to their seats in silence until Leo eyed the man whose nose was being bandaged by the flight attendant when he could no longer contain his amusement.

"I'm never gonna live this down am I?" She questioned even though she already knew the answer

"Come on, you have to admit" Leo started. "It was kinda funny. Definitely better than the in flight entertainment they provide!" He nudged Piper trying to get her to respond.

"Yeah? You think? Try explaining that to him!" she pointed out looking at the man and trying to force a smile when really she felt horrible.

"He'll live" Leo whispered softly into her ear giving her shivers. All Piper could do was look at him. She was amazed, he didn't hate her. This guy had more potential then she originally thought. Eventually she gave in and laughed. The guy had been given a new seat in first class supposedly to compensate him for what had happened. Piper didn't mind this though, it gave her more time to just sit alone with Leo. She felt like she had known him forever and didn't want this flight to end.

A few hours later unfortunately the plane was coming in to land Piper couldn't believe that the first time in as long as she could remember, she had actually connected with a guy. Leo had turned out to be an amazing guy. Who would have thought that she would get on this well with someone who just happened to be sitting next to her on a plane. She couldn't bear to think that she would never see him again. She couldn't just let him go. Piper didn't believe in fate but she knew what she felt and for the first time in her life she actually felt like something had happened for a reason and she had nothing to do with it, she knew that this was meant to be and had to find out whether she would be seeing him again.

"Well that was fun" Leo stated once they had landed and he was collecting his hand luggage from the overhead compartments. "We should do it again sometime. As long as you promise not to beat me up!" Piper simply rolled her eyes and smiled once he had looked away. If she was going to find out if she had a chance with Leo it had to be now.

"So, whereabouts in San Francisco do you live then?" She blurted out unintentionally. She had to know but she also wanted to be subtle about it.

"Oh South Bay. You know it?" He answered

"Yeah! That's where my family lives. Wow! What are the odds?" she returned almost unable to control her glee.

"Yeah I guess it's true what that movie says. It's a small world after all. So maybe I'll see you around?"

Piper smiled and nodded "I hope so"

And with that they both exited the plane. This day was definitely picking up. Piper was so glad at the thought that she may see Leo more often, maybe be friends, or possibly even more. She couldn't wait to get home and see her family again and now with Leo on her mind aswell, she was even more excited then she would have expected.

Well that's chapter 2, you know what to do!